Video: Netizens up in arms after 10 wheel truck demolishes roadbridge used by students

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Video: Netizens up in arms after 10 wheel truck demolishes roadbridge used by students

 

 

Thai netizens were up in arms after pictures were posted online of school children using a badly damaged stairway of a pedestrian roadbridge in Phuket. 

 

The children were seen crossing the road to school amid a tangle of metal and masonry following an accident on Saturday. 

 

A video on Newshawk Phuket showed a ten wheel truck veer towards the left of the road and into the stairway before careening across the road and sideswiping another vehicle. 

 

The roadbridge - used by children at Muslim Withaya school - has now been sealed off. 

 

Source: Bright TV

 

 

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[Jessi]

Brain failure again.????

[Rimmer]

Lame troll attempt at humor removed

[legend49]

4 hours ago, Jessi said:

Brain failure again.????

No bad GPS system, said turn left.

[marquis22]

5 hours ago, Jessi said:

Brain failure again.????

Yep, happens when asleep??

[RichardColeman]

Good job he was pointing at it, or I'd have missed it completely

[Chazar]

pardon me whilst i  just  have a snooze

[sammieuk1]

Death stalks the land from any direction in any conditions at any time a micro napper chooses ????

[CGW]

It appears that anybody that wont's to be can "drive" a commercial vehicle in Thailand? from my understanding their is no special training or licence required, just some vague ability to arrive at point B after departing point A! & make as much noise as possible while hogging the outside lane on route! 

[hotchilli]

Amazing Thailand.

[kidneyw]

Lucky no schoolkids were using the stairway when it happened.

[swerve]

That's some fancy driving.

 

[ThaiFelix]

34 minutes ago, swerve said:

That's some fancy driving.

 

Nah, normal Thai u turn procedure!

[billd766]

So when are the authorities going to rebuild the foot bridge and how do the children get across the 8 lane high to school?

[PhilAtUbon]

6 hours ago, billd766 said:

... and how do the children get across the 8 lane high to school?

Put a zebra crossing there.

[White Christmas13]

45 minutes ago, PhilAtUbon said:

Put a zebra crossing there.

[mickey rat]

15 hours ago, CGW said:

It appears that anybody that wont's to be can "drive" a commercial vehicle in Thailand? from my understanding their is no special training or licence required, just some vague ability to arrive at point B after departing point A! & make as much noise as possible while hogging the outside lane on route! 

No actually there is additional training for driving a 10 wheel truck. Note he was not in the passing lane like the overloaded pick ups with modified engine billowing black smoke and inadequate braking whould be. 

 

I wonder do they expect those children to no use the bridge? Then maybe they need to install a traffic cop to assist the children crossing that busy road!

[billd766]

10 hours ago, PhilAtUbon said:

Put a zebra crossing there.

For that to work safely it would require an armed military who, being armed, will force drivers to stop and obey the law for a change.